Short vs intermediate-term fate of glucose and oxalic acid in surface and subsurface soils of a coastal grassland near Santa Cruz California

Publication Date

2022-05-11

Start Date

2015-01-17

End Date

2016-06-06

McFarland, J.W., 2022, Short vs intermediate-term fate of glucose and oxalic acid in surface and subsurface soils of a coastal grassland near Santa Cruz California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98AD5H5.

Type: Related Primary Publication

These data were collected to identify how different forms of low molecular organic carbon (monomers of common constituents of soil organic carbon, e.g. carbohydrates, proteins, organic acids, etc.) interact with soil microbial populations and mineral assemblages throughout a soil profile. The study incorporates surface (-25 cm) and subsurface (-75 and -125 cm) soil horizons as well as short-term (days to weeks) and intermediate-term (months to years) temporal scales in the experimental design, permitting a better understanding of turnover and persistence of some of the most dynamic components of soil organic carbon through different phases microbial utilization and association with the mineral matrix. These data can be aggregated into a larger data base to inform models that can forecast changes in soil C cycling over a broader range of temporal scales and soil depths than typical for data sets of this nature.

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